Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-02-02
LEGISLATIVE pRocGEOsNos.
Council. THURSDAY, January 18th

Council. THuRsDAY, January 18th
 Council met at usual hour with Csun
 cillnan Blinn in the chair in sbsence 0
 President
 The committee on federal relation { reported fsvorably on Watkins memo sis. % Congress, relative to desert landl and aEtesian water and the memoFia
 was adopted.
 Biinn's bill abolishing county court and establishing probate courts mel the fate Il deserved, by being indsA- nitely postponed
 Council bill ?, introduced yesterday as prepared by the code Commission. an act creating code of pro eeedure in civil cases. was considered, engrossed and passed.
 Breeds memorial to Congress. in ref -rence to keeping the Navajo Indians on the reservation, was reported passed bs the honse.
 House bill introduced by smith. ex- tending exemption 10 fireman from Jury duty and certain taxes to all the co1n, tles m the territory. was psssed and will HON go to To the governor foi his eP- proysl,
 Adlonsned until 10 a m to u.nrIcu
 House of Reores snsasivss.
 After prayer by chaplain, reading of minnles &c., following reports If .cOm- mittees Were received.
 Judiciary reported i.vorably on ooun- ell bill 2i. an act concering trtai of titie of real property.
 Same committee reported uni.sOrably on house bill 24, conferring the func- 1ons oi court on district court con- missioners and on the recomue ndAtion ot The committee the Dill was in definitely postponed
 Ih- same committee offered sub .titu'e toI house bill 6, an aet to pro vide fer distributing property levied ubon by attachment and both the oriai- nal and substitute We're lad on the table.
 Committee on counties and county boundsriesr-poried fsvorably on Trip pels bill taking slice of YavAp.i county and adding it to Gila county and on mo- ton of the author of the bill ii was laid on the table without single protest from . member Oi this county except Andrews who voted in the negative.
 A similar action was taken in rsfer- ence iO the slice of this county which Maricopa county wants and the bills are now n shape 10 be called up at any time when the parties interested in their passage can make combinations sufficient 10 pass them.
 The committee on territorial adAirs reported amendments to the prison chaplain bill and 10 the bill for the relief of ex-Shariff Tyner, of Yuma county.
 Hevene introduced house bill 3l. sn act to protect lie and property on pub lie highways, county roads, raiiwsys and other places.
 felton gave notice that he had two bilis c0cked and primed ready to shoot of sl an early day. Is. -f.>-H i'ilsPisih 6lil VAS tBy6 The table
 he code commission bill, introduced in tiie council, Was taken up by chisf clerk Rule wirh the assistance of [ der rick and reading of it started. when . | motion to dispense with the further reading of Il was earned and it Was refei red to the judiciary committee
 l. look five hours solid reading for chief clerk Driscon, oi the council, to wade through the labyrinthian propor. tlons of this yesterday and the action of | the house ID dispensing with iss reading this morning was certainly lusti6sble, | although there is no escap. from it | some ume in the future if the judiciary committee can ever find time 10 diasect | IL
 Adjourned until 10 0s m tomorrow